WOD Flashcards
(24 cards)
Salutary
adjective
(especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial.
“it failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain’s loss of its colonies”
synonyms: beneficial, good, good for one, advantageous, profitable, productive, helpful, useful, of use, of service, valuable, worthwhile, practical; More
antonyms: unwelcome, irrelevant archaic health-giving. "the salutary Atlantic air" synonyms: healthy, health-giving, healthful, salubrious, beneficial, good for one's health, wholesome "the salutary Atlantic air"
Salubrious
adjective
health-giving; healthy.
“odours of far less salubrious origin”
synonyms: healthy, health-giving, healthful, beneficial, good for one’s health, wholesome, salutary
“I anticipate that I shall find the climate eminently salubrious”
antonyms: unhealthy
(of a place) pleasant; not run-down.
“an over-priced flat in a none too salubrious area”
synonyms: pleasant, agreeable, nice, select, upmarket, high-class, leafy, fashionable, expensive, luxurious, grand, fancy; More
Prolix
adjective
(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
“he found the narrative too prolix and discursive”
synonyms: lengthy, long-winded, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged, protracted, interminable, laborious, ponderous, endless, unending, verbose, wordy, full of verbiage, verbal, diffuse, discursive, digressive, rambling, wandering, circuitous, meandering, maundering, periphrastic, circumlocutory; More
Discursive
adjective: discursive
1.
digressing from subject to subject.
“students often write dull, second-hand, discursive prose”
synonyms: rambling, digressive, meandering, wandering, maundering, diffuse, long, lengthy; More
antonyms: concise
(of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive.
“the short story is concentrated, whereas the novel is discursive”
synonyms: fluent, flowing, fluid, eloquent, articulate, elegant, expansive
“an elegant piece of work combining sound judgement with an excellent discursive style”
antonyms: terse
Terse
adjective
sparing in the use of words; abrupt.
“a terse statement”
synonyms: curt, brusque, abrupt, clipped, blunt, gruff, short, brief, concise, succinct, to the point, compact, crisp, pithy, incisive, short and sweet, economical, laconic, epigrammatic, summary, condensed
“he issued a terse warning”
antonyms: long-winded, verbose, rambling, polite
Indicative
serving as a sign or indication of something.
“having recurrent dreams is not necessarily indicative of any psychological problem”
synonyms: symptomatic, expressive, suggestive, evocative, typical, characteristic, representative, symbolic, emblematic; archaicindicatory
“the President’s visit was indicative of improving diplomatic relations”
Digress
verb
leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
“I have digressed a little from my original plan”
synonyms: deviate, go off at a tangent, diverge, turn aside, turn away, depart, drift, stray, ramble, wander, meander, maunder; More
antonyms: keep/stick to the point
Maunder
verb
talk in a rambling manner.
“Dennis maundered on about the wine”
synonyms: ramble, prattle, prate, blather, blether, blither, drivel, rattle, chatter, jabber, gabble, babble; More
move or act in a dreamy or idle manner.
“he maunders through the bank, composing his thoughts”
synonyms: wander, drift, meander, amble, dawdle, potter, straggle; informalmooch
“she maundered across the road”
Coerce
coerce
(v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat (The court decided that David Beckham did not have to honor the contract because he had been coerced into signing it.)
Confidant
confidant
n.) a person entrusted with secrets (Shortly after we met, he became my chief confidant.
Deferential
adjective: deferential showing deference; respectful. "people were always deferential to him" synonyms: obsequious, humble, respectful, considerate, attentive, thoughtful; More antonyms: arrogant, impolite
Erudite
adjective
having or showing great knowledge or learning.
“Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion”
synonyms: learned, scholarly, well educated, knowledgeable, well read, widely read, well versed, well informed, lettered, cultured, cultivated, civilized, intellectual; More
antonyms: ignorant, ill-educated
Narrative
noun
1.
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
“a gripping narrative”
synonyms: account, story, tale, chronicle, history, description, record, portrayal, sketch, portrait, statement, report, rehearsal, recital, rendering
“a chronological narrative of Stark’s life”
the narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue.
“the dialogue and the narrative suffer from awkward syntax”
the practice or art of telling stories.
“traditions of oral narrative”
a representation of a particular situation or process in such a way as to reflect or conform to an overarching set of aims or values.
“the coalition’s carefully constructed narrative about its sensitivity to recession victims”
Evocative
bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.
“powerfully evocative lyrics”
synonyms: reminiscent, suggestive, redolent; More
Redolent
adjective
1.
strongly reminiscent or suggestive of.
“names redolent of history and tradition”
synonyms: evocative, suggestive, reminiscent, remindful
“an old village church is redolent of everything that is England”
literary
strongly smelling of.
“the church was old, dark, and redolent of incense”
Verb
noun
1.
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
verb
verb: verb; 3rd person present: verbs; past tense: verbed; past participle: verbed; gerund or present participle: verbing
1.
use (a word that is not conventionally used as a verb, typically a noun) as a verb.
“any English noun can be verbed, but some are more resistant than others”
Noun
a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things common noun, or to name a particular one of these proper noun.
Pronoun
noun
a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this ).
Proper noun
noun
a name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with an initial capital letter, e.g. Jane, London, and Oxfam.
Adjective
noun
a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
Adverb
a word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb, expressing manner, place, time, or degree (e.g. gently, here, now, very ). Some adverbs, for example sentence adverbs, can also be used to modify whole sentences.
Maligned
malign
verb
past tense: maligned; past participle: maligned
speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.
“don’t you dare malign her in my presence”
synonyms: defame, slander, libel, blacken someone’s name/character, smear, run a smear campaign against, vilify, speak ill of, spread lies about, accuse falsely, cast aspersions on, run down, misrepresent, calumniate, traduce, denigrate, disparage, slur, derogate, abuse, revile; More
antonyms: praise
Admonish
admonish
ədˈmɒnɪʃ/
verb
reprimand firmly.
“she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven”
synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the Riot Act to, give a piece of one’s mind to, haul over the coals; More
antonyms: praise
advise or urge (someone) earnestly.
“she admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine”
synonyms: advise, recommend, urge, caution, warn, counsel, exhort, implore, beseech, entreat, encourage, bid, enjoin, adjure, push, pressure
“she admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine”
archaic
warn (someone) of something to be avoided.
“he admonished the people against the evil of such practices”
Maligned
malign
verb
past tense: maligned; past participle: maligned
speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.
“don’t you dare malign her in my presence”
synonyms: defame, slander, libel, blacken someone’s name/character, smear, run a smear campaign against, vilify, speak ill of, spread lies about, accuse falsely, cast aspersions on, run down, misrepresent, calumniate, traduce, denigrate, disparage, slur, derogate, abuse, revile; More
antonyms: praise
